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<h1>Tuners</h1>

<p>Resolution is important, but not everything. It appears to me that the impressive resolution of 0.1 cents of the Peterson tuners is not really usable. After some tests with software tuners and a classical nylon stringed guitar, a resolution of 1 cent seems to be reasonable. </p>

<p>Especially with an acoustic guitar, reading the meters can be quite difficult, resonant frequencies somtimes distort the image.</p>

<p>Is a strobe display necessary? I guess, perhaps not: You may want to tune to the fundamental to the desired pitch. A sensitive offset display and/or a cents off display should be sufficient for that pupose. If the 1st harmonic <em>for all notes on a string</em>, then you may want to correct the fundamental a little bit. Same with higher harmonics, but they are probably not so important.</p>

<h2>Hardware Tuners</h2>

<p>For hardware tuners it is essential to know the actual effective resolution in cents. Sometimes the indicators are quite coarse and/or not smooth enough so that reading the actual values can be difficult to impossible.</p>

<p>Especially with an acoustic guitar, reading the meters can be quite difficult, resonant frequencies somtimes distort the image.</p>

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<dt>Peterson SC-1 Stroboclip Tuner</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-085a.jpg"/> </dd>
<dd>0.1 cent accuracy, sweetened tunings, Buzz Feiten tuning.</dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?category=168">www.petersontuners.com/</a></dd>

<dt>Seiko SAT 800</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-085b.jpg"/> </dd>

<dt>Korg TM-50</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-085c.jpg"/> </dd>

<dt>Boss TU-80</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-085d.jpg"/> </dd>
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<h2>Software Tuners</h2>

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<dt>TB Strobe Tuner</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-085e.png"/> </dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.tbstrobetuner.com/">Web</a></dd>
<dd>The demo version is somewhat limited.</dd>

<dt>Seventh String Tuner</dt>
<dd><a href="www.seventhstring.com/tuner/tuner.html">web</a></dd>
<dd>This is an online Java applet, which is also downloadable for offline use.</dd>
<dd>Unfortunately, on a W7 machine the online version gaven an error.</dd>

<dt>AP Tuner</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-085f.png"/> <img src="../img/fig-085g.png"/> </dd>
<dd>There is a downloadable <a href="http://www.aptuner.com/ftp/apmain/APTunerInstall308.exe">Windows</a> version.</dd>
<dd>I have tested the Windows version on a noisy notebook with built-in microphone, and I was quite impressed.</dd>
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